Reflections on Putin’s Invasion

Americans should ask why the feckless and lethargic Joe Biden, the worst president of the modern era, also moved inexplicably, slowly for months in arming Ukraine, just as he was months behind in pursing orderly, phased withdrawal from Afghanistan and opted for humiliating chaos there, as well as leaving behind weapons that could have been salvaged and, in many cases, sent last year to Ukraine.....

 The American Spectator  The only way this ends is for somebody in Russia to take this guy out" Lindsey Graham

"This is not World War III.

"Despite their indoctrination, Russian military leaders do not share Putin’s archaic siege mentality, that Russia must defend against a perennial attack from NATO — which has proven itself, at best, entirely defensive. With no Communist Politburo to restrain or oust him, Putin nonetheless cannot assume a compliant military. In typical old-line Communist fashion, Putin likely will shame and relieve of command some Russian officers, scapegoated for simply doing his absurd bidding.

"As I write this, WNBA Star Brittney Griner is being detained in Russia. This is right out of the old Soviet Union playbook: intimidate America by arresting Americans, even to be held and later traded in future negotiations. We’ve seen this movie many times.

"We despair and cry as we watch — in real time —brave people suffering against Putin’s evil. But Putin is not Russia! For two decades Putin has wanted this and bided his time; he moved alone against Ukraine (why now?) because our president is Joe Biden, and the next two in line are even worse, Kamala Harris and Nancy Pelosi.

"Calibrated sanctions over months and weeks escalated as Putin moved more troops into the region, might have avoided this invasion, its death and destruction and humanitarian tragedy. But that would have taken a real commander in chief, robust leadership, strategic thinking, and a team that believes in America, rather than masochistically tearing down our country regularly, here and in the eyes of the world. Indeed, Biden’s U.S. Agency for Global Media is more likely to apologize for our country rather than tell America’s story; our once creative agitprop is a relic.". . .

California Democrats Ignore Crime, Homelessness at State Convention

 Report: California Democrats Ignore Crime, Homelessness at State Convention (breitbart.com)

"Crime and homelessness are among the top concerns of California voters — but Democrats ignored them at their recent statewide convention, preferring instead to focus on what they called Republican-led attacks on “democracy.'”. . .

. . ."A recent poll by the Public Policy Institute of California revealed that voters in the state believe homelessness (#2, at 13%) and crime (#4, at 7%) are among the top issues in the state (#1 was the coronavirus and #3 was the economy).

"Democrats nationwide have tried to argue that Republicans are a threat to democracy, after arguing for nearly four years that the democratic election in 2016 should be overturned because of a false conspiracy theory about Russian “collusion.”

"Specifically, Democrats point to the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, which participants viewed as an effort to protect democracy; and to voting reforms in Republican-led states, which supporters view as an effort to protect voting from fraud.". . .

Republicans a threat to Democracy? Democrats: The Party Run by George Soros - The Lid (lidblog.com)    . . ."After the last election George Soros, met with a group of Mega-rich liberals to ensure that they get to control the country after the 2008 Elections. What they ended up doing is giving $100 Million dollars to key liberal organizations in major battle ground states(see Obama’s Liberal Shock Troops ). Here’s the scary part, if you believe the polls it may be working.

"Soros is the financial head of the Democratic Party:". . .

George Soros/Political activity - Ballotpedia

"For the 2016 presidential election cycle, Soros signed on to be the co-chair of the finance council for Ready for Hillary, a Super PAC in support of Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign.[7] Ready for Hillary changed its name to Ready PAC when Clinton announced her candidacy and slowly began to "wind down as the Clinton campaign [built] up."[8] FEC records show that Soros personally contributed at least $50,000 to Ready PAC from 2013 to 2015, and that he contributed $343,400 to the joint fundraising committee Hillary Victory Fund in November 2015.". . .

Is Soros Behind the Democrats More than People Know? | Armstrong Economics

Justin Trudeau blames Putin invading Ukraine on Democracies NOT being ANTI-Free Speech enough. No, really. It’s amazing.

 Prime Ministers – mackaycartoons

News Thud   "Canada’s Prime Minister Herr Justin Trudeau said something amazingly ridiculous about Ukraine and Russia, which I am sure utterly surprises everyone.

"Castro Jr. said that there’s “slippage” in Democracies. “Countries turning towards slightly more authoritarian leaders,” said the authoritarian leader.

"And then he added, “Countries allowing increasing misinformation and disinformation to be shared on social media.”

"So — allowing free speech is a “slippage” of Democracy that is enabling dictators?

"I mean, the guy is right that “slippage” in the west emboldens dictators, he’s just wrong about who the dictators are and what dictatorship is.

"But what do you expect from Castro Jr. anyway?" . . .

Ted Cruz Warns of 'Dangerous' Censorship from Biden's 'Woke' FCC Nominee

| Neon Nettle

"My principal concern with Ms. Sohn is that she has expressed a significant willingness to use government power against political enemies and to use government power as a tool of censorship," Cruz said.

"Republican Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) has warned the Senate that approving Democrat Joe Biden's "woke" nominee to lead the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) would be "dangerous" for free speech.

"As the Senate Commerce Committee voted on a party-line basis to move the nominee to a full vote in the U.S. Senate, Sen. Cruz raised the alarm about the threat of censorship from putting Gigi Sohn in charge of the FCC.

"Speaking before the Committee after the vote, Cruz warned that Sohn has a history of advocating for censorship of conservatives.

"Cruz argues it would be "dangerous" to allow Biden’s pick to become FCC Commissioner.

""[I have] significant substantive concerns with this nominee,” Cruz told the Senate.". . .

Controversial Nomination of Sohn to FCC Reported to Senate Floor in a Tie Vote (ipwatchdog.com). . ."The Chamber added that Sohn’s advocacy for “overly aggressive and combative regulation of the communications sector” evidenced by her support of the 2015 Open Internet Order, “which regulated broadband like a public utility under Title II of the Communications Act…led to the decline in private sector broadband investment for the first time outside a national economic slowdown.' ”. . .

Biden's pick of Gigi Sohn to lead the FCC is utterly inappropriate - Washington Times

This new reality makes the Biden administration’s nomination of Gigi Sohn to the FCC all the more troubling given her track record of disregard for our sensitive secrets and outright hostility to intellectual property, which could dangerously empower America’s enemies namely Russia and China, if she is confirmed.  She is an utterly inappropriate choice, and the administration should withdraw her nomination straight away.

 Biden Pushes Pro-Censorship Partisan Leftist Gigi Sohn for FCC Commissioner (breitbart.com)  . . ."But the FCC is a double-edged sword. Just as the commission can protect consumers from tech censorship, it can also use its regulatory might to pressure tech companies to submit to a partisan left-wing agenda.

"There is a convention that the five commissioners should remain relatively nonpartisan, even though they are allocated along party lines, with three commissioners from the party occupying the White House and two from the opposition.

"The Biden administration has broken that convention, sending a far-left radical, Gigi Sohn, to the Senate for confirmation.

"Sohn was the co-founder and CEO of the leftist advocacy group Public Knowledge, which recently called on cable and satellite providers to drop the conservative One America News Network (OAN).". . .

What's a university for, if not to question 'the science'?

 

American Thinker

But here we have a topic that could not be more vital — our medical response to a virus — and the subject is off limits, as if the very notion of interrogating it introduced a ripple in the placidity of doctrine, heresy into an unchanging belief system. 

. . ."But then, finally, out of the hitherto silent thousand-member faculty, a sponsor materialized.  Kirsch then contacted the university for instructions as to how to proceed with the event, only to encounter yet another obstacle.  He was reminded that MIT's COVID policies for campus gatherings were still in place, "which currently include mandatory masking and the requirement that all event attendees must be vaccinated and boosted against COVID-19."  Foiled again.

"I'm not going to go into the details of Kirsch's concerns about the mRNA jab.  He lists them in some detail in his Substack newsletters (which gives any would-be debater a leg up on the event).  I am deadly serious about the fact that we are at a crucial period in our history.  At this moment, we are defining what scientific inquiry is and is not — and what educational institutions are fundamentally for.

"Rodney Stark, in The Victory of Reason, writes that "[s]cience is a method utilized in organized efforts to formulate explanations of nature, always subject to modifications and corrections through systematic observations."  In other words, contrary to what we've been hearing, science isn't a thing, but a process.  And it certainly isn't static.  There should never be a definite article before the word science.  That's adherence to dogma, not rational inquiry.

"Further, the university should be aggressively seeking out controversial subjects, not shielding itself from them.  In the words of mathematician and philosopher Jacob Bronowski, "it is important that students bring a certain ragamuffin, barefoot irreverence to their studies; they are not here to worship what is known but to question it.' ". . .

BIDEN ECONOMY: Gas Pumps Go Dry At Walmart Gas Station in Scottsdale, Arizona Amid Soaring Gas Prices (VIDEO) (

 The Gateway Pundit

 "A patriot in Scottsdale, Arizona, documented the beginning of a gas shortage in Maricopa County.

DeWitt: So I’m actually here in Scottsdale, Arizona at the Walmart gas pump stations. The gas is actually $3.72 which is fairly cheap right now for March 4 in Maricopa County because gas prices are through the roof. But as I was getting ready to pump gas, I kid you not, the gas pumps went dry. I was actually getting ready to pump my gas, I put my card in and everything, and then all of the pumps shut off simultaneously. People were getting really upset people were frustrated. There were lines out here. And there were probably 30 to 40 cars for people waiting. I probably waited about 30 to 35 minutes just to get to the gas pump because actually some of the gas pumps were already starting to go down. But they actually had to come out and put up this like yellow caution tape to keep people from coming in. Guys, this is absolutely crazy. This is happening all over the place. So make sure that you guys are looking out.       Video

Russian Marines Mutiny When Ordered to Attack Ukrainian Beach, Assault Canceled: Report

"The Federalist Papers "Reports in Ukrainian media suggest that a Russian attempt to land troops near the coastal city of Odessa ended in failure, with Russian marines refusing to attack in an act of mutiny.

"The Ukrainian newspaper Dumskaya claims to have contacted parents of Russian marines assigned to the 810th Naval Infantry Brigade whose sons told them that they refused to assault the Bay of Odessa.

"The Russian troops, reportedly conscripts, were afraid to fight Ukrainian forces, many of whom are experienced in warfare from Ukraine’s years of armed strife in the Donbas region, the newspaper said.

"Ukraine’s former ambassador to Austria, Olexander Scherba, indicated that a Russian naval landing at Odessa was aborted in unclear circumstances on Monday night.

“Last night a large group of RU warships was about to launch landing on Odesa beaches,” he tweeted. “They approached the coast. RU was about to shell the beach. UA was about to shoot back, when they suddenly withdrew. Reports that marines from Crimea refused to attack Odesa.”. . .

Ted Cruz Shows He's a Leading Voice in Speaking Out Against Russia and in Favor of Energy Independence

 Rebecca Downs

President Joe Biden's executive order issued on his first day in office canceled construction of the Keystone Pipeline. Yet the Biden administration allowed construction of Nord Stream 2, which was blocked under former President Donald Trump's administration. . .

"Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) continues to remind us he's been a leading voice in speaking out and taking action against Russia, particularly in the area of energy independence. On Friday, he introduced the Energy Freedom Act, which will secure such energy independence by making energy projects and pipelines far easier. 

"The senator certainly has his grievances, as laid out in a press release. "In the past year with Joe Biden as president, the United States has lost its status as a net petroleum exporter, after achieving that goal in 2019 for the first time since 1949. Why? Because on day one of his administration, President Biden issued illegal and hostile orders aimed at American oil and gas producers, which have increased energy prices and directed profits to other oil exporting countries," Cruz reminded.

"These policies have poured billions of dollars into countries such as Russia and Iran, which use those funds to attack our allies and undermine the national security of America. President Biden has imposed more restrictions on U.S. oil companies than he has on Russian oil," he also explained. "With Iran, he has looked the other way as the regime busted through sanctions and raised their exports to more than one million barrels per day for the first time in almost three years.". . .

Gee, What Could Putin Possibly Have on Biden That Would Make Joe Keep Buying Russian Oil?

 Lefty news bootlicker CNN decided to squash the Hunter Biden laptop story. Twitter booted the New York Post from their site for reporting it. The Bidens clearly have their Bolshie friends in news and social media covering for them.

Gee, What Could Putin Possibly Have on Biden That Would Make Joe Keep Buying Russian Oil? – PJ Media

. . ."A 2020 Senate committee report stated the following:

• Elena Baturina, the richest woman in Russia and widow of a former Moscow mayor, sent Hunter Biden $3.5 million for his investment firm, Rosemont Seneca Partners. The report found no reason for the payments.
• There was “potential criminal activity relating to transactions among and between Hunter Biden, his family, and his associates with Ukrainian, Russian, Kazakh and Chinese nationals.”
• “Records also note that some of these transactions are linked to what ‘appears to be an Eastern European prostitution or human trafficking ring.'”

"Pay-offs and Eastern European prostitutes. Who likes prostitutes so much he suggested they form a union? Who spent tens of thousands of dollars on prostitutes for their “services?” Who seems to be bulletproof because he kicked back 10% of his scheme to his daddy?". . .

"Hunter and the “big guy” are hip-dip in Russian money.

"Hunter has lost three laptops. One of them, as he told a prostitute (after making a sex tape), contains “videos of me doing crazy f***ing sex!” that could be used to blackmail him because of his dad. He believes that laptop was stolen by Russians he had been getting hammered with on an 18-day bender.

"Another Hunter Biden laptop shows Joe Biden met with Burisma, a Ukrainian company that paid Hunter $50,000 worth of cheddar every month to sit on their board, even though he has no experience in the energy sector and can’t speak Ukrainian.". . .

Knucklehead Of The Week: Cackling Kamala, Queen Of Clumsy Communication -

 

With President Biden’s disastrous State of the Union speech on Tuesday night, a very strong argument could be made to declare our esteemed Commander-in-Chief as the week’s top knucklehead – again. But that would be akin to beating a dead horse… with our apologies to dead horses. So, we’re going to cut Sleepy Joe a break this week and opt instead for that stellar sidekick of his: the one and only, Vice-President Kamala Harris.

The Blue State Conservative   . . ."This is how Kamala Harris thinks, apparently. ‘Laymen’s terms’ means that we assume everyone is about five years old. It’s worth noting that she really didn’t come across as if she was talking down to anyone, she seems to legitimately think everyone is just stupid. It’s also worth pointing out that she didn’t come across as sarcastic either. This is how Harris handles herself with people; she’s extremely clumsy. She has the social skills of a rock.

"Only a few hours later during Biden’s State of the Union address, we saw one of the more terrifying scenes in recent memory. All in one screen, we saw our senile president stumbling through his speech, and behind him on the dais were his Constitutional successor: Harris and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi… shutter the thought. During Biden’s speech, he struggled several times to make his points, and ultimately Kamala just couldn’t help herself.

"As Biden was attempting to explain his position on Vladimir Putin and Ukraine, he stated “Putin may circle Kyiv with tanks, but he’ll never gain the hearts and souls of the Iranian people.” As far as Sleepy Joe is concerned, there’s no doubt his thinking was ‘Iranian, Ukrainian, whatever.’ But Kamala Harris picked up on the gaffe and could be seen mouthing the word, “Ukrainian,” obviously trying to correct Biden’s mistake. Vice-President Harris, you see, is very smart, and she knows all about that country in Europe called Ukraine, and she knows how you’re supposed to refer to the people who live there.". . .

Whoopi & the professor

Meanwhile, her insensitivity toward the Jewish people notwithstanding, it occurs to our Dutch correspondent that visceral hatred of whites has entered the mainstream. . .

 American Thinker   "Thoughtcrime can lead to thought experiments.  All it takes is a willingness to go where others are loath to go. What is race?  What is an atrocity?  When is a racist atrocity neither racist nor an atrocity?  The answers may not be as cut-and-dried as you may think.

"In what seems like eons ago, what with the Ukraine warfare that has since erupted, Whoopi Goldberg denied racism had anything to do with the Holocaust.  She uttered this blasphemy on the Jan. 31, 2022, showing of The View.  Cavalierly dismissing so monumental an atrocity with the "man's inhumanity to man" platitude fell woefully short of doing it justice.  To make matters worse, she claimed both Jewish victims and Nazi victimizers were white.". . .

. . ."Decent human beings do not conflate complexion and race.  One tribe can in fact perpetrate a racist atrocity against another tribe even if the two tribes share the same skin color.  Conversely, one tribe cannot fall victim to a racist atrocity, no matter the skin color of the other tribe.  Ben Philippe, a black English instructor at Barnard College, has brought this peculiar phenomenon to the fore.  In a segment of his book entitled Sure, I'll be your Black Friend, he matter-of-factly describes a scene in which he gasses white people: ". . .

Watch me respond one of the most shocking examples of anti-white sentiment I’ve ever come across, in which author Ben Philippe talks about gassing (yes, gassing) his white friends. And it gets worse. Watch till the end to hear what the Jewish woman who interviews him has to say. pic.twitter.com/tVzWl2zdPV

— Eva Vlaardingerbroek (@EvaVlaar) May 6, 2021

How 'Social Justice' is Killing the Military

 Brent Ramsey and Michael D. Pefley  . . ."The least racist people in America are in our military. It is obvious to all who have served, because one’s identity or race is irrelevant when people are trying to kill you and your teammates. No one cares about race when bullets are whizzing past your head.   

"So why has President Biden declared white supremacy as America’s number one threat?  Why has the secretary of Defense created a Counter Extremism Working Group to uncover extremism in the ranks? ". . .

. . ."The Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff defended the CRT program and testified to Congress that he wanted to understand “white rage.”  The United States Military Academy has been teaching CRT along with white rage seminars as reimagined Shakespeare.  Ta-Nehisi Coats spent two days at West Point in 2018 speaking about race. Coats’ toxic views published in the Atlantic in 2014 hold that all whites are racist and calls for trillions in reparations for all blacks.  According to a spokesman of Congressman Crenshaw’s office, more than 500 whistleblower complaints have been submitted about conditions in the services.  If 500 have already come forward, how many thousands have been intimidated into silence?  One scared officer reported anonymously to STARRS that he was threatened with “firing” if he even talked to STARRS.  Why is the military denying his First Amendment rights?

What is Indoctrination Doing to our Armed Services? 

"Military members are voting with their feet.  Three West Point cadets recently left the academy because of the COVID-19 vaccine mandate, increasing and troubling wokeness, and promotion of leftist ideas.  The Army and Navy are now offering $50,000 bonuses for joining in select fields, which is a sign of low recruitment.  Is this the Great Reset of the U.S. military?  China and Russia are openly laughing at us and accelerating their imperialistic plans.

"STARRS was formed to protect the U.S. military and our Republic from racism and radicalism. We never thought that the phrase in our oath about protecting against domestic enemies would reference this “woke” threat to our country and our way of life.  We shouldn’t reimagine our combat warriors into social justice warriors.  That is the definition of insanity."

Capt. Brent Ramsey, USN (Ret) is STARRS Director at Large and Col. Michael D. Pefley, USAF (Ret) is VP of Communications for STARRS